Second-Place Showdown
In honor of the 43rd President of the United States (heh, heh, heh),
The Al Gore Cup is a forum for teams that finished second and most
likely feel that they're more deserving than all of the other
first-place teams to be in the championship bracket.
Teams are seeded 1-4 based on regular season records and play a
best-of-seven semifinal round followed by another seven game series to
crown the winner.
The winner receives a bonus of 1 million Benchwarmer Bucks.
The runner-up gets 500,000.
The 2023 Entrants (in order of seeding):
Oscar's (92-58)
Chico's (82-68)
Vegas (78-72)
City of Lago (78-72)
Semifinals - City of Lago vs. Oscar's; Vegas vs. Chico's
Oscar's won 4 games to 0
Vegas won 4 games to 1
Finals - Vegas vs. Oscar's
Season series: Oscar's won 11-1
2023 Gore Cup Winner - Oscar's won 4 games to 3
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Finals
Game Vegas vs. Oscar's
1
R H E Vegas 4 8 0 Box
Oscar's 2 12 0 WP - Veg BP (1-0) LP - B.Snell (0-1) HR: Osc: K.Schwarber (1) Vegas leads 1-0
2
R H E Vegas 6 10 0 Box
Oscar's 7 12 0 WP - C.Ragans (1-0) LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: Veg: F.Tatis (1), D.Schneider (1), Y.Alvarez (1); Osc: S.Torkelson 2 (2), A.Rutschman (1) Series tied 1-1
3
Extra Innings R H E Oscar's 3 8 0 Box
Vegas 2 9 0 WP - G.Ashcraft (1-0) LP - M.Kopech (0-1) HR: Veg: R.Devers (1), F.Tatis (2) Oscar's leads 2-1
4
R H E Oscar's 4 7 0 Box
Vegas 6 9 2 WP - K.Senga (1-0) LP - G.Kirby (0-1) HR: Osc: S.Torkelson (3), K.Carpenter (1), E.Suarez (1); Veg: R.Devers (2), D.Schneider (2), B.Drury (1) Series tied 2-2
5
R H E Oscar's 8 13 1 Box
Vegas 5 8 1 WP - S.Manaea (1-0) LP - C.Schmidt (0-1) HR: Osc: J.Rodriguez (1); Veg: B.Drury 2 (3), J.Heim (1) Oscar's leads 3-2
6
R H E Vegas 4 9 0 Box
Oscar's 2 11 1 WP - S.Ohtani (1-0) LP - B.Snell (0-2) HR: Veg: R.Devers (3), F.Tatis (3); Osc: K.Carpenter (2) Series tied 3-3
7
R H E Vegas 4 14 2 Box
Oscar's 7 16 0 WP - Osc BP (1-0) LP - Veg BP (1-1) HR: Veg: M.Yoshida (1); Osc: S.Torkelson (4), K.Carpenter (3) Oscar's wins series 4-3
Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E City of Lago 4 9 0 Box
Oscar's 7 12 1 WP - Osc BP (1-0) LP - A.Civale (0-1) HR: Osc: T.Casas (1), K.Carpenter (1) Oscar's leads 1-0
R H E Vegas 6 10 0 Box
Chico's 3 10 1 WP - Veg BP (1-0) LP - C.Javier (0-1) HR: Veg: D.Schneider (1), Y.Alvarez (1), E.De La Cruz (1); Chic: M.Machado (1), W.Franco (1) Vegas leads 1-0
2
Extra Innings R H E City of Lago 3 4 0 Box
Oscar's 4 7 0 WP - C.Ragans (1-0) LP - P.Lopez (0-1) HR: Lago: O.Albies (1); Osc: J.Rodriguez (1), K.Marte 2 (2) Oscar's leads 2-0
R H E Vegas 2 5 0 Box
Chico's 1 7 1 WP - M.Kopech (1-0) LP - Chic BP (0-1) HR: none Vegas leads 2-0
3
R H E Oscar's 7 8 0 Box
City of Lago 2 10 2 WP - G.Ashcraft (1-0) LP - R.Detmers (0-1) HR: none Oscar's leads 3-0
R H E Chico's 6 7 0 Box
Vegas 10 9 0 WP - K.Senga (1-0) LP - K.Gibson (0-1) HR: Chic: L.Arraez (1), W.Franco (2); Veg: S.Brown (1) Vegas leads 3-0
4
Extra Innings R H E Oscar's 6 6 0 Box
City of Lago 5 10 0 WP - Osc BP (2-0) LP - J.Gray (0-1) HR: Osc: K.Schwarber (1); Lago: P.Goldschmidt (1), B.Nimmo (1), B.Stott (1) Oscar's wins series 4-0
R H E Chico's 6 8 1 Box
Vegas 5 12 0 WP - J.Luzardo (1-0) LP - C.Schmidt (0-1) HR: Chic: R.Lewis (1) Vegas leads 3-1
5
R H E Chico's 1 5 0 Box
Vegas 5 9 0 WP - C.Kershaw (1-0) LP - J.Ryan (0-1) HR: none Vegas wins series 4-1
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